Mariners-Athletics game at a glance

P-I STAFF

Published
10:00 pm PDT, Wednesday, May 17, 2006

STAR OF THE GAME:

Oakland starter Barry Zito did what all left-handers seem to do to the Mariners. He shut them down with scarcely a struggle. After having a run thrown out at the plate to end the first inning, Zito didn't allow another runner as far as third base until the sixth, by which time he had a seven-run cushion

PLAY OF THE GAME:

Second baseman Jose Lopez had a chance to help Seattle get out of the second inning with just one run allowed. But he muffed a ground ball that led to two additional runs, and by the time the Mariners came to bat in the third, they faced a 4-0 deficit

THE ARMS:

Mariners starter Jamie Moyer was far from his usual form, giving up seven runs and 10 hits in the first five innings. It could have been worse had he not picked a man off first base and had the Seattle defense not cut down two Oakland runners between third base and the plate. Moyer also walked three, matching his season high, and two of them scored.

THE BATS:

The Mariners' hit total wasn't bad, but the hit production with men in scoring position was miserable, save for a single by Richie Sexson with Raul Ibanez on second in the first. Ibanez, however, was thrown out at the plate. Other than that, Seattle went 0-for-7 with men in scoring position while Zito was in the game. Jeremy Reed had an RBI single with the bases loaded in the eighth as the Mariners averted a shutout, and Kenji Johjima added a sacrifice fly later in the inning.

THE GLOVES:

Lopez misplayed the grounder in the second inning, then made a wild throw in the fifth. Both errors came in the middle of three-run innings by Oakland.

THE LEGS:

Willie Bloomquist was caught stealing for the first time in over a year when he was picked off first base by Zito. Carl Everett was doubled off first. Ibanez was thrown out trying to score from second on Sexson's single in the first.